Test Specialist Contract Job Trends in Telford

Test Specialist
Shropshire > Telford

The median Test Specialist daily rate in Telford is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 26 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 5.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £472 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - -
75th Percentile £492 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £481 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Telford with a recognized job title 436 108 66
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 90.76% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 75 45
10th Percentile £386 £314 £382
25th Percentile £413 £434 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £523
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -8.71% -3.24%
75th Percentile £525 £521 £536
90th Percentile £566 £544 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £475 £472 £500
% change year-on-year +0.64% -5.60% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.73%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £15.00
% change year-on-year +106.49% -18.80% -59.11%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford.

Test Specialist job vacancy trend in Telford

Test Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Telford

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Test Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Telford region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Test Automation
2 24 (92.31%) Agile
2 24 (92.31%) SAS
3 23 (88.46%) Analytics
4 22 (84.62%) CI/CD
4 22 (84.62%) Jenkins
4 22 (84.62%) SC Cleared
4 22 (84.62%) Security Cleared
5 21 (80.77%) Containerisation
5 21 (80.77%) Git
5 21 (80.77%) GitLab
5 21 (80.77%) Kubernetes
5 21 (80.77%) OpenShift
5 21 (80.77%) Selenium
6 20 (76.92%) JUnit
6 20 (76.92%) pytest
6 20 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (73.08%) Data Pipeline
7 19 (73.08%) DevOps
7 19 (73.08%) Test Strategy
8 18 (69.23%) Python
9 17 (65.38%) Data Management
9 17 (65.38%) Integration Testing
9 17 (65.38%) REST
9 17 (65.38%) Sprint Planning
9 17 (65.38%) Sprint Retrospective
9 17 (65.38%) Visual Analytics
10 16 (61.54%) Docker
10 16 (61.54%) Regression Testing
10 16 (61.54%) Test Scripting

Test Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 24 (92.31%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 21 (80.77%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Oracle Database
1 7 (26.92%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 3 (11.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
3 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.85%) Metadata
3 1 (3.85%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 22 (84.62%) Jenkins
2 21 (80.77%) Git
2 21 (80.77%) GitLab
2 21 (80.77%) Selenium
3 20 (76.92%) JUnit
4 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.85%) Gatling
4 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 17 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (76.92%) pytest
2 17 (65.38%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Test Automation
2 24 (92.31%) Agile
3 23 (88.46%) Analytics
4 22 (84.62%) CI/CD
5 21 (80.77%) Containerisation
6 20 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (73.08%) Data Pipeline
7 19 (73.08%) DevOps
7 19 (73.08%) Test Strategy
8 17 (65.38%) Data Management
8 17 (65.38%) Integration Testing
8 17 (65.38%) Sprint Planning
8 17 (65.38%) Sprint Retrospective
8 17 (65.38%) Visual Analytics
9 16 (61.54%) Regression Testing
9 16 (61.54%) Test Scripting
10 15 (57.69%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (53.85%) Data Strategy
12 13 (50.00%) Defect Management
13 12 (46.15%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.85%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) VB
3 1 (3.85%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (84.62%) SC Cleared
1 22 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (61.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (80.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Oracle
2 1 (3.85%) Actian